NPDS - Fallout of Juan Soto with Mets: Brian Cashman and the Drunken Sailors!; Winter Meetings: All-Stars could be on the move soon! (Episode 1183)

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Dan Le Batard

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🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘drunken sailors’ as in spending as in free agency as in baseball as in Juan Soto as in Brian Cashman as in David Stearns as in Hal Steinbrenner as in Steve Cohen. Let’s talk about the fallout of the Juan Soto signing with the Mets. What does it mean for the Yankees now? Well, Brian Cashman met the media to talk about Soto and Snell and what now. (18:20) Let’s go around the world on the rest of the Winter Meetings… starting with the Toronto Blue Jays! Why didn’t they land Juan Soto? Are they going to extend Vlad? (21:30) What are the Astros up to? Is this the end of the Houston powerhouse? Is Kyle Tucker getting moved? Is Alex Bregman coming back? (25:02) Are the Cardinals hitting the hard reset button? Looks like it. Nolan Arenado is on the block. (32:00) Golden Globe Nominations have dropped. Let’s discuss. (33:50) Jed Hoyer came out and had some comments about why the Cubs didn’t go after Soto. Do you believe what he’s saying? (37:20) Are the White Sox doing anything? Anything!? (46:50) NPPOD. (49:10) Is Bill Belichick really going to be a college football head coach? Is North Carolina really going to hire a 72-year old coach after firing a 73-year old coach? Wait to see. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:22.1	December 12th on Max.
0:24.2	Please watch responsibly.
0:27.6	Here you go.
0:30.7	Here you go.
0:31.4	You go. Drunken Sailors.
0:44.4	That's the nothing personal word of the day.
0:46.7	It is Tuesday, December 10th, 2024.
0:52.0	And any time I can start a show with an ode to Bud Sealing, why wouldn't I do it?
0:58.0	You see, drunken sailors are what we are.
1:01.0	As presidents of teams and owners of teams, we look out out there at the field of players and we say,
1:08.0	we're going to spend money on you and you and you and you and then we go
1:13.2	into an owner's meeting we sit at tables and the commissioner looks down at us and scolds us by putting
1:20.0	up a document that shows every crappy contract that was ever signed by every team.
1:29.5	And he says, what's wrong with you?
1:31.7	You're spending like drunken sailors.
1:36.2	So sometimes you've got executives who say to themselves,
1:38.9	I think I could use that expression.
1:43.9	And Brian Cashman was one of those executives just yesterday.
1:48.8	He specifically said, when asked, what's your plan B?
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